Today's Learning Objective

Students will read and comprehend grade level text.

Bell Ringer: Appositive Phrases
Copy the sample sentence on one side of your notecard.

SAMPLE SENTENCE: Harry was small and tough, a boy going through life with his chin stuck out a mile.
Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis
SAMPLE SENTENCE: The furniture, a mixture of Logan crafted walnut and oak, included a walnut bed whose ornate headboard rose halfway up the wall toward the high ceiling.
Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
SAMPLE SENTENCE: A slight bald man, he reminded me of a baby bird.
Tracy Chevalier, The Girl with a Pearl Earring


Copy the description on the other side.
A noun phrase identifying a person, place, or thing named in the sentence. Appositives often begin with the words a, an, or the. They always answer the questions : Who? or What?

Quiz

Reading quiz on Chapters 1-3

Discuss

Discuss chapters 1-3 of the novel.

Read

Read Chapter 4, "April," and do the questions for that chapter.

Homework

  • Read and complete the questions for chapter 4, "April."

  • Also, you will need a recipe for a food that is important in your family traditions. Talk to your family! Bring in a recipe by Friday. We will be writing process narratives very similar to the chapters in the book that incorporate your recipe into a narrative about a family gathering.

  • Journals due Friday!